There was discussion on how to depict the demon afflicting Sarah. We didn’t determine an actual casting role for certain until we were well into rehearsals. From Tobit 3:17:

So Raphael was sent to heal … to give Sarah, the daughter of Raguel, as a wife to Tobiah, the son of Tobit, and to rid her of the wicked demon Asmodeus.

My friend John captured this blurred image of Asmodeus, who appears lurking around Sarah. Hopefully the audience gets the drift that the demon is invisible to the characters. The image is serendipitous, in that if we could show the demon as a blur of action, that would be closer to my ideal. Perhaps in the film version. As it is, the blend of blood red and black, the inhuman beak, and the hand that deals death: this image may be imperfect in focus, but it depicts the nature of evil all too well.

about Todd Flowerday

A Roman Catholic lay person, married (since 1996), with one adopted child (since 2001). I serve in worship and spiritual life in a midwestern university parish.

about John Donaghy

John is a lay missionary since 2007 with a parish in western Honduras. Before that he served in campus ministry and social justice ministry in Iowa. His ministry blog is http://hermanojuancito.blogspot.com

He also blogs reflections on the lectionary and saints/heroes/events of the date at http://walktheway.wordpress.com

He'll be a long-term contributor here analyzing the Latin American bishops' document from their 2007 Aparecida Conference.